My Weekend on the Island

This past weekend the school hosted a trip down to Ischia, Capri, and Pompeii, and it was amazing! We lucked out with the weather as it was sunny and warm the whole time (I guess Perugia got some rain though).

On Friday we took a bus down to Pompeii and walked around the city that once was. It was just mind boggling how an entire city could still just be there after so many years of having no inhabitants. A lot of the house and buildings had collapsed or were just frames at this point but it was incredible to see some still standing. As you walked down the streets you were almost transported back in time, just seeing many people walking the streets gave you this incredible idea that the city was still alive.

On Saturday we went to the Island of Capri; my roommates and I explored this place called Villa Jovis, which belonged to Emperor Tiberius. It would have been nice to get a few more descriptions of what the rooms were besides a generic map, but it was still impressive. The whole house was huge and the size of most of the rooms was incredible. At lunch we tried this thing called a Lemoncello which is a drink that is popular on the island...we all thought it was gross haha!

Both nights we stayed on the Island of Ischia and it was absolutely gorgeous there. On the second night my roommate and I went into the water with a few other people and it was so warm. The others were complaining that it was cold, but being used to the Atlantic, the Tyrrhenian Sea was just perfect in comparison. We were glad we waited to swim at Ischia instead of Capri because Ischia has sandy beaches, where as Capri is covered in rocks!

I tried eating swordfish on this trip, having never tried it before I thought it was good but a lot of people claimed it was over cooked. We also had a rum cake that needs to lay off the bottle, it was like they drowned a defenseless sponge in rum and called it cake.

On Sunday we took a bus tour of Ischia and learned about the hot springs and the giant who is the reason for naming most of the towns (mythology right haha). I found this staircase at one of the beaches so naturally I followed it out of curiosity, and found a really sketchy abandoned house. Pictures were taken of course because you can't just find something abandoned and just not take a picture haha.